Onboarding wireless devices to private networks
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorRajesh S. Pazhyannur
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Abstract
An access point for a private network onboards a wireless device obtaining a connection request from the wireless device and detecting a standardized identifier that indicates the wireless device is unprovisioned for access to the private network. The access point disables an authentication protocol for granting access to the wireless device on the private network and limits access of the private network by the wireless device to accessing a provisioning server. The access point provides a connection response to the wireless device that indicates limited access to the private network.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- obtaining at an access point for a private network, a connection request from a wireless device, the connection request including a standardized identifier;
- detecting a predetermined value for the standardized identifier that indicates the wireless device is unprovisioned for access to the private network, the predetermined value codified in an industry standard for the standardized identifier to signal limited access to the private network for a plurality of unprovisioned wireless devices;
- disabling an authentication protocol for granting access to the wireless device on the private network;
- providing the wireless device access only to a provisioning server through the private network;
- and
- providing a connection response to the wireless device, the connection response indicating that the wireless device is provided access to the private network only for communicating with the provisioning server.
An apparatus comprising:
- a network interface configured to communicate with a plurality of computing devices across one or more networks;
- a wireless interface configured to wirelessly communicate with a wireless device;
- and
- a hardware processor coupled to the network interface and the wireless interface, the hardware processor configured to:
- obtain from the wireless device via the wireless interface, a connection request for access to a private network, the connection request including a standardized identifier;
- detect a predetermined value for the standardized identifier that indicates the wireless device is unprovisioned for access to the private network, the predetermined value codified in an industry standard for the standardized identifier to signal limited access to the private network for a plurality of unprovisioned wireless devices;
- disable an authentication protocol for granting access to the wireless device on the private network;
- provide the wireless device access only to a provisioning server through the private network;
- and
- cause the wireless interface to provide a connection response to the wireless device, the connection response indicating that the wireless device is provided access to the private network only for communicating with the provisioning server.
One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor of an access point for a private network, cause the processor to:
- obtain a connection request from a wireless device, the connection request including a standardized identifier;
- detect a predetermined value for the standardized identifier that indicates the wireless device is unprovisioned for access to the private network, the standardized identifier having a predetermined value codified in an industry standard for the standardized identifier to signal limited access to the private network for a plurality of unprovisioned wireless devices;
- disable an authentication protocol for granting access to the wireless device on the private network;
- provide the wireless device access only to a provisioning server through the private network;
- and
- provide a connection response to the wireless device, the connection response indicating that the wireless device is provided access to the private network only for communicating with the provisioning server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.